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the latin for mangling; lanio is a butcher.

Finally suppose we divide the word logic into syllables.
If the purpose be to indicate the pronunciation or the etymology, we shall preferably write log-ic.
But if we have to write a part of the word at the end of one line, and the rest as the beginning of the next line, we shall preferably write lo-gic.
But in any case there are two syllables, neither more nor less.
An ordinary elm tree had a trunk and two great boughs.
Geometically there those three parts are really there; no more and no less.
But where the [/set] shall be made. between them or what its shape shall be is a perfectly in determinate matter.
This sort of division, where the number of parts is a matter of fact but where the line shall be drawn is a matter of fancy, is extremely common in logic.
For example Mr. Flinders Retric